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why doesn't mike pompeo care? are the pathetic deflections we heard when he appeared on "fox and friends", is that a patriot speaking? are these the words of a patriot? >> he debased himself. he once again undercut the conclusions of our intel community. he may think that he's being too clever, he is wiggling out, but he's not. when he says the saudis paid enough for the luring, the torture, the slaughter, the carving up of a washington post columnist and father of two american citizens, mike pompeo puts himself not only on the other side of lovers of freedom and democracy everywhere, lovers of free speech everywhere, but also of most people on capitol hill, right? even republicans. >> reporter: in some cases especially republicans. you talked about lindsey graham who said very directly there's no smoking gun, there's a smoking saw. i think the question is going to be what are they actually going to do to follow-up on this. there are relatively limited tools, but i am interested to know what our members of congres
why doesn't mike pompeo care? are the pathetic deflections we heard when he appeared on "fox and friends", is that a patriot speaking? are these the words of a patriot? >> he debased himself. he once again undercut the conclusions of our intel community. he may think that he's being too clever, he is wiggling out, but he's not. when he says the saudis paid enough for the luring, the torture, the slaughter, the carving up of a washington post columnist and father of two american...
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it follows last week briefing by mike pompeo and -- this was what pompeo and mattis said last week after the briefing without haspel. >> there is no direct reporting connecting the prince to the order of the murder of jamal khashoggi. >> we have no smoking gun that the crown prince was involved. >> all right. so then take a look at that redaction. >> let's talk about that for a second. >> it was painful. >> the rough line really maybe they think they're using terms of art. i think pompeo was especially dreadful there by being actually emphatic about the lie that he knows. and this is what gets me in trump's america. he knows he's lying, we know he's lying, the world knows he's lying and yet he will still go out -- here's a relatively young man with great credentials, a great past behind him who's going out and sullying his reputation for a man who may not be in the white house for another year. it's just -- it's shocking to me. >> and for what specifically, i would ask secretary pompeo and secretary mattis as well. because that's not a lie they repeated after that. >> was it another purv
it follows last week briefing by mike pompeo and -- this was what pompeo and mattis said last week after the briefing without haspel. >> there is no direct reporting connecting the prince to the order of the murder of jamal khashoggi. >> we have no smoking gun that the crown prince was involved. >> all right. so then take a look at that redaction. >> let's talk about that for a second. >> it was painful. >> the rough line really maybe they think they're using...
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when we found out pompeo made the call, that was certainly noteworthy. >> all right. jeff ben it for us at the white house. thank you. for more on all of this, i'm joined by bill crystal, philip re ryan, and steve clemmons. mr. crystal, i'll start with you. your first reaction when you heard that secretary pompeo had called to relieve the general of duty early. >> he really can't. he has no authority to do that. he's a peer of secretary mattis. i suppose when the president asked you to do it, there no fundamental problem. it shows the president is too cowardly to deliver the message. and john kelly who would be an appropriate person to deliver a message directly from the president, i'm sure john kelly refused to. he and mattis go way back. he wouldn't set up a two-month transition to make things go smoothly, he wasn't going to be the person who says the president is peeved because you're getting good press and i'm not so you have to leave. >> general mark hurtling reacting to the abbreviated time line. take a listen. >> secretary mattis wanted to stick around for a wh
when we found out pompeo made the call, that was certainly noteworthy. >> all right. jeff ben it for us at the white house. thank you. for more on all of this, i'm joined by bill crystal, philip re ryan, and steve clemmons. mr. crystal, i'll start with you. your first reaction when you heard that secretary pompeo had called to relieve the general of duty early. >> he really can't. he has no authority to do that. he's a peer of secretary mattis. i suppose when the president asked you...
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and just like you i'm not surprised by that in pompeo's case, at this point. i think he's very ambitious politically and has sort of prioritized the audience of one, the audience of donald trump over everything else it seems. you know, maybe that's not fair, but it certainly seems that way. mattis has been a different case. in nthis case i'm unkofrtable wi with his approach here. he's perhaps one of the only senior members of this administration who i genuinely trust. maybe he's trying to play to an audience of one here solely because he knows how important it is for him to stay in that role and for the whole country. for him to stay in that role i shudder to think what would happen if trump became unhappy with mattis he replaced him with someone like whitaker over at doj. it could be a disaster, a real, real disaster for the country. so maybe that's what's running through mattis' head. i hope it's something like that. but mattis and pompeo are playing with intelligence, playing on the reality that the american people because they don't -- they're not consumer
and just like you i'm not surprised by that in pompeo's case, at this point. i think he's very ambitious politically and has sort of prioritized the audience of one, the audience of donald trump over everything else it seems. you know, maybe that's not fair, but it certainly seems that way. mattis has been a different case. in nthis case i'm unkofrtable wi with his approach here. he's perhaps one of the only senior members of this administration who i genuinely trust. maybe he's trying to play...
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i know pompeo pretty well, and think well of him. trump got to really like him when he came to do the briefings at the white house. i think pompeo figured out a way to try to con vaet intelligence in an honest way but in a way that trump liked digesting it. sew makes him secretary of state when tillerson gets fired. and pompeo i think has spent an awful lot of time not always to his advantage in the way he comes across, tries to be a fairly responsible secretary of state while catering to trump. and that is a very tough -- secretary of state in particular, the demands of that job are not -- are really -- will not push you in a trumpy direction. but he's very attentive to keeping close to president trump and not letting happen to him what happened to tillerson, what may have happened to jim mattis at defense, trump being told by people in the white house, he's gone native, he's part of the establishment, he's not a trump loyalist. >> it was very pained, both the sort of trumpian use of just -- i mean, basically just saying ing? that i
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take a look at secretary of state pompeo. what we have heard from president trump, from secretary pompeo and others in recent days have been these strawman arguments. there's no direct reporting we heard from pompeo tying salman to the murder. we heard from president trump, maybe they did, maybe they didn't. what this amounts to is strongman arguments from yes, men, yes men like salman. the trump administration even during the transition period in between the obama and the trump administration has ceded our foreign policy to salman. we have followed him into yemen hook, line and sinker. we have followed his ideology in taking on iran in every corner of the globe. even when it's not in our interest. we have done nothing when mohammed bin salman engaged in diplomatic spat with our canadian neighbors to the north and the administration looked the other way when salman essentially kidnapped the lebanese prime minister. what we have here is a foreign policy in the middle east that doesn't make sense, it doesn't make sense from ame
take a look at secretary of state pompeo. what we have heard from president trump, from secretary pompeo and others in recent days have been these strawman arguments. there's no direct reporting we heard from pompeo tying salman to the murder. we heard from president trump, maybe they did, maybe they didn't. what this amounts to is strongman arguments from yes, men, yes men like salman. the trump administration even during the transition period in between the obama and the trump administration...
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meanwhile, though, pompeo and bolton are trying to pop back up. saudi arabia and jordan and egypt, and they are effectively pursuing that. general mattis was not 100% with that strategy. >> can i just say also i think we're undermining the fact that when you look at the president's foreign policy over the last year and a half and this week the withdrawal from syria is only part of this. all of this actually demonstrates a kind of keen kinship at the very least with russia's interests. it is not in our interests. it is in russia interest. and i think the thing we should focus on is we had a secretary of defense write a letter, in which he did not say very many positive things about donald trump, and did say that the president of the united states was not taking our adversaries seriously and did not have a keen understanding of malignant interest essentially. i think that should deeply disturb any american. >> the president and secretary mattis have had disagreements on the paris accord, on the jcpoa and now on syria. >> the jcpoa, the iran deal. >>
meanwhile, though, pompeo and bolton are trying to pop back up. saudi arabia and jordan and egypt, and they are effectively pursuing that. general mattis was not 100% with that strategy. >> can i just say also i think we're undermining the fact that when you look at the president's foreign policy over the last year and a half and this week the withdrawal from syria is only part of this. all of this actually demonstrates a kind of keen kinship at the very least with russia's interests. it...
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i thing it's a real problem for secretary pompeo. and i think that democrats when they, you know, come in in january, you know, ought to get them in under oath and try to sort out what the credibility issues are here. >> i was told on the day that all of this sort of unfolded by two former senior intelligence officials, work at the highest levels of america's national security agencies, for democratic and republican presidents, that this was above all else an intelligence scandal in the making. that this was a scandal where the intelligence community made an informed assessment with really good screams of intel, and part of the world that they know pretty well. and the white house rejected it for political purposes. do you think democrats are ready to do what charlie just suggested? >> absolutely. i think they're going to have some oversight and they're going to ask pompeo and mattis to come before them and really answer those questions as to what is going on and why did they not follow the intelligence -- why didn't they even listen
i thing it's a real problem for secretary pompeo. and i think that democrats when they, you know, come in in january, you know, ought to get them in under oath and try to sort out what the credibility issues are here. >> i was told on the day that all of this sort of unfolded by two former senior intelligence officials, work at the highest levels of america's national security agencies, for democratic and republican presidents, that this was above all else an intelligence scandal in the...
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it's very strange to see mike pompeo -- bill is right, i hope he's individual. but trying to just say things that are the opposite of trump's foreign policy. >> a lot going on with you through heez days. a.d. stoddard. >>> as the country gets ready to say their final farewell to our next president. i look at the product of pipe safety when we come back. >>> here in washington preparations are underway for tomorrow's state funeral for late president george h.w. bush. in the capitol rotunda, it was another day of tribute where the public paid their last respects to the 41st president. there was a surprising and lovely moment tonight, however, not surprising for those who know the bushes. when the whole family entered the rotunda led by former president george w. bush, then they just greeted the americans who had come to pay their respects. it was casual, it was personal, they saw some old friends in the crowd. the former president met at least one baby. mostly they wanted to thank all the people in the rotunda who had been in line all day for coming to pay tribute
it's very strange to see mike pompeo -- bill is right, i hope he's individual. but trying to just say things that are the opposite of trump's foreign policy. >> a lot going on with you through heez days. a.d. stoddard. >>> as the country gets ready to say their final farewell to our next president. i look at the product of pipe safety when we come back. >>> here in washington preparations are underway for tomorrow's state funeral for late president george h.w. bush. in...
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pompeo, why just let the democrats work for them and call up the cia director? they still control congress. but they're not quite as differential anymore. it makes you wonder if they can challenge the president on this issue, what about other issues? i feel republicans on the hill are very slowly getting a tiny bit of remembering little bit by little bit that they are on equal branch of government. >> is this a saudi problem or trump problem, lexi? the reason i say i think it's a saudi problem on capitol hill, look at the vote in the last days of obama's administration, in fact the obama administration was trying to stop the senate from doing this when they basically were allowing the american -- basically allowing american civilians to sue the government of saudi arabia over 9/11. >> yeah. >> and the saudis saw all of their normal political cover they were used to over the years on capitol hill sort of disappear. >> yes, it's certainly something that existed for a long time. trump is obviously this unique factor that has come in and blown up everything. it's li
pompeo, why just let the democrats work for them and call up the cia director? they still control congress. but they're not quite as differential anymore. it makes you wonder if they can challenge the president on this issue, what about other issues? i feel republicans on the hill are very slowly getting a tiny bit of remembering little bit by little bit that they are on equal branch of government. >> is this a saudi problem or trump problem, lexi? the reason i say i think it's a saudi...
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it's very strange to see mike pompeo -- bill is right, i hope he's individual. but trying to just say things that are the opposite of trump's foreign policy. >> a lot going on with you through heez days. a.d. stoddard. >>> as the country gets ready to say their final farewell to our next president. i look at the product of pipe safety when we come back. so man, it supports 10 million u.s. jobs. you can do it. we can do this. at fidelity, our online planning tools are clear and straightforward so you can plan for retirement while saving for the things you want to do today. -whoo! while saving for the things ready tyou better beast on? 'cause it's red lobster's new create your own ultimate feast event! pick 4 of 10 favorites to create the ultimate feast you've been dreaming of. will you choose creamy lobster mac & cheese, tender, wild-caught snow crab... crispy jumbo coconut shrimp, hey, we never said choosing was easy... just delicious. so hurry in to create your own ultimate feast before it's gone. and be the party hero. get ten percent off when you order red lo
it's very strange to see mike pompeo -- bill is right, i hope he's individual. but trying to just say things that are the opposite of trump's foreign policy. >> a lot going on with you through heez days. a.d. stoddard. >>> as the country gets ready to say their final farewell to our next president. i look at the product of pipe safety when we come back. so man, it supports 10 million u.s. jobs. you can do it. we can do this. at fidelity, our online planning tools are clear and...
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and distanced herself in a pronounced way in thehashoggi a other diplomats have not done including pompeo and secretary mattis and she says you have saudi diplomats that did this in a saudi embassy, and we can't give them a pass, because that is not what america is, and we can't condone it, and we can't condone thuggish behavior, haley said, to the atlantic's writer. and clearly staying in new york so that her son can graduate high school, but not going back to the south carolina. she may well have a national elected future. she could be running in 2020 on some part of the ticket. so, beginning to distance herself from donald trump, richard. >> i would say she was separating herself to some extent, but she was still being loyal and trying to thread the needle. she was placing herself in a conservative republican foreign policy are tradition, and she is basically saying that we should not choose between the interests and values, and with we need to have both. this is an administration that has chosen an interest-only approach nfor the most case. she was closer to the reagan and george w. b
and distanced herself in a pronounced way in thehashoggi a other diplomats have not done including pompeo and secretary mattis and she says you have saudi diplomats that did this in a saudi embassy, and we can't give them a pass, because that is not what america is, and we can't condone it, and we can't condone thuggish behavior, haley said, to the atlantic's writer. and clearly staying in new york so that her son can graduate high school, but not going back to the south carolina. she may well...
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i'm not surprised mike pompeo has. mike pompeo will do what donald trump wants. but it's clear, again, mohammad bin salman was responsible for the murder of khashoggi. we need to tell saudi arabia bin salman needs to be held responsible, incarcerate the -- >> maybe beheaded is the right answer. that's what they do over there. thank you, john brennan, thank you, harry litman and natasha. we're awaiting the release of the mike flynn sentencing memo. we'll bring it to you as soon as it comes out. this is going to be the blockbuster, i think, not just for the week but the months ahead. we'll see when it comes out tonight. coming up, we're nearing mueller's end game. a new media reports suggest the special counsel is showing signs of wrapping up his investigation. how will president trump handle that pressure? >>> plus, the legacy of george herbert walker bush. amy comes here. >>> and the north carolina district nine congressional race is still being contested. are we seeing a case of voter fevery? i think so. >>> let's end with the moment in the capitol rotunda. what
i'm not surprised mike pompeo has. mike pompeo will do what donald trump wants. but it's clear, again, mohammad bin salman was responsible for the murder of khashoggi. we need to tell saudi arabia bin salman needs to be held responsible, incarcerate the -- >> maybe beheaded is the right answer. that's what they do over there. thank you, john brennan, thank you, harry litman and natasha. we're awaiting the release of the mike flynn sentencing memo. we'll bring it to you as soon as it comes...
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he ordered secretary of state mike pompeo to inform mattis he had only a week left on the job. i want to go to jeff bennett live at the white house. the tone that came out of the president, sarah huckabee sanders with gratitude and a lot of praise. different tune and attitude this morning. how did it fall apart? >> sources tell us the president became increasingly angry since the day mattis submitted his letter. his actions and under cut allies and the president's decision to pull troops from syria and afghanistan. the president were told by two senior officials and also frustrated of the coverage depicted mattis as the last adult in the room, jim mattis, the last member who can reign in some of trumps combative and isolationist. check out this exchange this morning with white house communications adviser mercedes slack. >> can you name an adviser that the president has recommended he he to pull out the troops. >> at the end of the day, we all serve in the position of advising the president. it is up to the president to make the final decision. >> with mattis out, we nopat nopa
he ordered secretary of state mike pompeo to inform mattis he had only a week left on the job. i want to go to jeff bennett live at the white house. the tone that came out of the president, sarah huckabee sanders with gratitude and a lot of praise. different tune and attitude this morning. how did it fall apart? >> sources tell us the president became increasingly angry since the day mattis submitted his letter. his actions and under cut allies and the president's decision to pull troops...
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. >>> secretary of state mike pompeo and james mattis wrapped up their briefing to house lawmakers on what's happening in yemen and saudi arabia. it comes on a pretty key day. on the other side of the capital, the senate is expected to pass today a resolution that would end u.s. military support. as a reprimand aimed at both saudi arabia and the trump administration, the bill picked up bipartisan support in the senate after the cia's high confidence assessment that mohammed bin salman ordered the brutal murder of jamal khashoggi. it will probably pass the senate today. chances are not good in the house as steve scalise talked about, not saying whether he would support any measure condemning saudi. >> would you be willing to put on the floor a resolution condemning saudi arabia for the khashoggi murder? >> i'm not sure what other members might file in terms of legislation. >> would you support that? >> there is an ongoing investigation that we're very interested in seeing the outcome of. >> by the way, the president said he would veto any of these bills. one of the sponsors of that bil
. >>> secretary of state mike pompeo and james mattis wrapped up their briefing to house lawmakers on what's happening in yemen and saudi arabia. it comes on a pretty key day. on the other side of the capital, the senate is expected to pass today a resolution that would end u.s. military support. as a reprimand aimed at both saudi arabia and the trump administration, the bill picked up bipartisan support in the senate after the cia's high confidence assessment that mohammed bin salman...
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. >> let me ask you about some things that both secretary pompeo and mattis said last week when they came out of the briefing to all the senators. senator, secretary pompeo said that there was no direct connection, no evidence linking them, paraphrasing now. secretary mattis said there was no smoking gun. seemed to indicate they were trying to dissuade the public from believing that the cia assessment was as has been reported. it seemed to be an artful kind of spin because the cia never has a smoking gun or direct evidence. that's not what they do. do i have that right? >> well, let me just say that what both secretary pompeo and mattis did was i think a disservice to the senate. i understand what they're driving at. they're trying to preserve a relationship with saudi arabia. a relationship that i think will be preserved regardless. because there's critical needs of saudi arabia as it relates to u.s. defense of the kingdom and in our mutual interest in the region. so that should not have us ultimately not act decisively and forcefully, particularly in the death of jamal khashoggi, a
. >> let me ask you about some things that both secretary pompeo and mattis said last week when they came out of the briefing to all the senators. senator, secretary pompeo said that there was no direct connection, no evidence linking them, paraphrasing now. secretary mattis said there was no smoking gun. seemed to indicate they were trying to dissuade the public from believing that the cia assessment was as has been reported. it seemed to be an artful kind of spin because the cia never...
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unsatisfied from what they le learned from secretaries pompeo and mattis last week, they are looking for more support. >> so at least lack of transparency, obviously, the new craze among republicans. they want comey to come to the hill. now you have haspel coming to the had i hill to talk about the murder of khashoggi and the yemen war, but she's only going to speak to a few senators instead of the committees and that was her appointment that she didn't show up for before. we guess at the white house's behest. what should we make about all of this? >> i still think that it's going to be interesting what her portrayal and her defense of the cia's assessment of this murder and how it contrasted with secretary pompeo who only recently departed the cia himself and his presentation and the fact pattern behind this. you have to wonder how they are able to get away with hack of oversight and not having gina haspel present and now with the select few of the groups. so, joe, there's plenty of evidence and those senators here today. i will repeat what senator durbin said on this show just a fe
unsatisfied from what they le learned from secretaries pompeo and mattis last week, they are looking for more support. >> so at least lack of transparency, obviously, the new craze among republicans. they want comey to come to the hill. now you have haspel coming to the had i hill to talk about the murder of khashoggi and the yemen war, but she's only going to speak to a few senators instead of the committees and that was her appointment that she didn't show up for before. we guess at the...
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>> reporter: well, last week secretaries mattis and pompeo briefed all senators and laid out for them policy options saying the death of khashoggi is behind us. how are we going to move forward with our relationship with saudi arabia and move forward on the issue of the saudi support for the civil war in yemen? they essentially dismissed questions about khashoggi and whether or not the crown prince was culpable in that murder. senators have been very upset about the fact that gina haspel wasn't here demanding more answers and demanding to know how we got to twhere we are rigt now. what did we know, how do we know, and what does the intelligence community believe on this case? this briefing is going to be a much smaller group, just the top republicans and democrats from a few select committees, a handful of other senators present, and a number of senators i've spoken to this morning are extremely upset about that fact. they are angry that the administration apparently doesn't seem to see fit to give all senators the same information here, and the anger spans the ideological spectrum fr
>> reporter: well, last week secretaries mattis and pompeo briefed all senators and laid out for them policy options saying the death of khashoggi is behind us. how are we going to move forward with our relationship with saudi arabia and move forward on the issue of the saudi support for the civil war in yemen? they essentially dismissed questions about khashoggi and whether or not the crown prince was culpable in that murder. senators have been very upset about the fact that gina haspel...
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he's done it twice -- >> it's mattis, it's pompeo. i don't get it. >> we've seen it openly with donald trump -- russia first and now donald trump and saudi arabia. it has to do with money. it has to do with personal money, it doesn't have to do with these phony contracts he claims we have. the numbers he's putting forward are bogus, they're false. but what he said during the campaign, we're going to find out in a little bit by some reporting from the "washington post," was true, that he and the saudis have a personal business relationship. he bragged that he made hundreds of millions of dollars from the saudis during the campaign, that we're finding out. even after being elected president, he's making a ton of money. but willie, we'll get to that story in a second about how the saudis -- you talk about just blowing a hole in the emoluments clause. >> they like that trump hotel, don't they? >> they liked it a lot more after donald trump became president of the united states. but donald trump said one thing in those statements that was
he's done it twice -- >> it's mattis, it's pompeo. i don't get it. >> we've seen it openly with donald trump -- russia first and now donald trump and saudi arabia. it has to do with money. it has to do with personal money, it doesn't have to do with these phony contracts he claims we have. the numbers he's putting forward are bogus, they're false. but what he said during the campaign, we're going to find out in a little bit by some reporting from the "washington post," was...
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of one and playing to the president, i think pompeo will have to step up because whoever they get at defense won't be general mattis. >> in the days you had senator mccain who would speak out on these very issues of international affairs. we lost him this year. we have lindsey graham. one of the amigos and lindsey graham will go to the white house. he said he wanted to speak to the president about withdrawal from syria. what do you see in lindsey grah graham. what might he be able to get done here? >> he's an internationalist. he does believe in staying the course and he doesn't believe in running. there might be some value there. he spent considerable amount of time trying to have a relationship with the president such that maybe the president will listen to him when he disagrees. graham spent a lot of time slamming barack obama as if barack obama is the issue in the last week. i think he's trying to kind of lay out the ground work for what he hopes will be an important ca call, important meeting with the president. i don't think anyone has a good battle average in terms of going to
of one and playing to the president, i think pompeo will have to step up because whoever they get at defense won't be general mattis. >> in the days you had senator mccain who would speak out on these very issues of international affairs. we lost him this year. we have lindsey graham. one of the amigos and lindsey graham will go to the white house. he said he wanted to speak to the president about withdrawal from syria. what do you see in lindsey grah graham. what might he be able to get...
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mike pompeo thinks he's practicing the argument that we're going to need the saudies. they can be friends with the russians. an understanding it's the united states that has this. we're their pat trorn. we can dictate terms to how that government behaved. they can't move to the kind of surveillance we're going to get in yemen, the kind of protections they get. so we ought to be exerting power over them to bring mbs to heel. not simply rolling over on the false notion that somehow because saudi arabia claims but isn't paying $110 billion in arms that we're somehow in their debt. >> when he references hotel rooms, i must share this. it is clearly money, power, politics. "washington post" reporting that stunning piece that saudi-founded lobbyists paid for 500, that's a five with two zeros after it, at trump's d.c. hotel in the course of three months. in all, the lobbies spent 700,000 grand. this information came from organizers of the trips and documents obtained by "the po " post." does it raise more questions about the conflicts of interests? yes. what do you make of th
mike pompeo thinks he's practicing the argument that we're going to need the saudies. they can be friends with the russians. an understanding it's the united states that has this. we're their pat trorn. we can dictate terms to how that government behaved. they can't move to the kind of surveillance we're going to get in yemen, the kind of protections they get. so we ought to be exerting power over them to bring mbs to heel. not simply rolling over on the false notion that somehow because saudi...
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he had mike pompeo whose job has nothing to do with it, had him inform mattis he would be out by the end of the moent. >> do you get a sense from the president's reaction and his behavior and the way he accelerate this had dismissal of general mattis that it was vindictive? i look back at the resignation letter. he allowed sufficient time to hand over to his predecessor or successor to make sure there was a process under way. how do you see this dismissal by the president beyond the motivations? was it vindictive? is there a strategy saying we don't want a defense secretary not on the same page as the president? phil? >> yeah, sorry. i thought that was not a question for me. it was vindictive. there wasn't much of a strategy here. it surprised officials at the pentagon. he was holed up at the white house. he was supposed to be in florida. instead he's stuck at the white house because he shut the government down. he's been reacting to that on twitter, with the decisions that he made regarding personnel at the pentagon. and decided to push him out sooner than expected but it creates so
he had mike pompeo whose job has nothing to do with it, had him inform mattis he would be out by the end of the moent. >> do you get a sense from the president's reaction and his behavior and the way he accelerate this had dismissal of general mattis that it was vindictive? i look back at the resignation letter. he allowed sufficient time to hand over to his predecessor or successor to make sure there was a process under way. how do you see this dismissal by the president beyond the...
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before pompeo was named trump's cia director. so one of the senior people on the trump transition landing team for intelligence matters was secretly on the payroll of a foreign government while he was helping select the next cia director. oh. and now he's charged as part of an alleged scheme to disguise the origins of more than a half million in payments to mike flynn and flynn's company so he and flynn could secretly work in the interests of a foreign country without anybody knowing it while they were also working at high level jobs in intelligence inside the u.s. government. and somehow mike flynn, who is person a in this indictment, and who the indictment spells out was pretty clearly the other big part of this scheme, somehow mike flynn emerges from this as an unindicted co-conspirator who is not being charged and who is not facing any squljail time fo this scheme whatsoever. and presumably that is because mike flynn's cooperation is what led to this indictment today. but given what seems to have been his role in this, given
before pompeo was named trump's cia director. so one of the senior people on the trump transition landing team for intelligence matters was secretly on the payroll of a foreign government while he was helping select the next cia director. oh. and now he's charged as part of an alleged scheme to disguise the origins of more than a half million in payments to mike flynn and flynn's company so he and flynn could secretly work in the interests of a foreign country without anybody knowing it while...
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white house spy so she was never in the inner circle but she's risen like a shooting star under mike pompeo and is very close to him, has been a strong adviser and this nomination today is a real vote of confidence in pompeo who is very close to the president over john bolton and at fact that they are demoting the position, it won't of cabinet rank. she's not a diplomat, she's not a foreign policy adviser, she is a spokesperson and it's another testimony to the way the president really believes in television. he likes tv. he watches it arguably way too much and he believes in that as a virtue, but not in diplomacy. i was with about 35 retired foreign service officers and ambassadors today, they asked to come in and talk to me about the state department which, let's face, rex tillerson did a great disservice to in not filling vacancies and not understanding the role, so there's that. and in the middle of all this, the tweet happened and i broke it to them. they were shocked that anyone who had been secretary of state could be treated so abominably on twitter. believe me, they are no fans of
white house spy so she was never in the inner circle but she's risen like a shooting star under mike pompeo and is very close to him, has been a strong adviser and this nomination today is a real vote of confidence in pompeo who is very close to the president over john bolton and at fact that they are demoting the position, it won't of cabinet rank. she's not a diplomat, she's not a foreign policy adviser, she is a spokesperson and it's another testimony to the way the president really believes...
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what can pompeo do? what can those second, third, fourth tier folks at the state department do? the answers i have received is they can say, mr. president, you need to rethink this. mr. president, you have gone too far. that does nothing. so what are the options for people in the administration who feel this president is running the country amok. what are the actions they can take in their jobs inside the white house and then if there's nothing, how much can the senate do and will they? is this the inflection point? >> the sad truth is under our political system given the constitution, when it comes to foreign policy, the president has the initiative. he has enormous discretion. so much was done by previous presidents without congress. he can take the united states out of the paris climate agreement. he took the united states out of the tpp trade agreement. he's taken u.s. forces out of syria. he can reduce u.s. forces in afghanistan. he can cut u.s. forces in south korea. he doesn't have to come to taiwan if something happens this. he has enormous discretion. what can people do
what can pompeo do? what can those second, third, fourth tier folks at the state department do? the answers i have received is they can say, mr. president, you need to rethink this. mr. president, you have gone too far. that does nothing. so what are the options for people in the administration who feel this president is running the country amok. what are the actions they can take in their jobs inside the white house and then if there's nothing, how much can the senate do and will they? is this...
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she has been the state department spokesperson under secretary of state mike pompeo. you see the two of them together there. prior to that, she did not have experience in the diplomatic corps. it is a remarkable elevation for her in the span of, what, less than two years to go from that tv role on fox into the administration. it's not entirely unprecedented, given that bill shine, somebody else for example who is a fox news guy, moved over to the administration. but big news -- >> -- in terms of any other administration and her predecessors and their experience would have that role. >> yes. two years ago, she was on fox news. now she's serving as the united nations ambassador. a very quick rise to this important position. i will say this, we are expecting, as i'm looking for my e-mails, so forgive me, the tape playback to come out in just a moment. told he was wheeled up about two minutes ago. so if -- you know that sprint has begun. we should see that tape any moment. bill barr, heather nauert. the president is with acting ag whitaker and jared kushner on marine one
she has been the state department spokesperson under secretary of state mike pompeo. you see the two of them together there. prior to that, she did not have experience in the diplomatic corps. it is a remarkable elevation for her in the span of, what, less than two years to go from that tv role on fox into the administration. it's not entirely unprecedented, given that bill shine, somebody else for example who is a fox news guy, moved over to the administration. but big news -- >> -- in...
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. >> secretary of state mike pompeo defended president trump's move to withdraw u.s. troops from syria. in an interview yesterday, with wichita public radio, pompeo said, we have eliminated over 90% of the actual real estate the caliphate held. successful effort there. we'll continue to keep the homeland safe from the threat from isis, but it no longer makes sense for there to be 2,000 soldiers stationed there. we can accomplish this mission in a different way, and the president's made a decision to do that. our allies know the united states will always be the world's leader in fighting against triumph arouerrorism ar world. >>> with just thundershowers go until tonight's midnight deadline. the drama reignited yesterday after president trump signaled he would not sign a short-term spending bill that did not include funding for his long-demanded border wall. after that very measure cleared the senate on wednesday, the president's decision was announced almost simultaneously by outgoing house speaker paul ryan and rush limbaugh. >> the president informed us he will not
. >> secretary of state mike pompeo defended president trump's move to withdraw u.s. troops from syria. in an interview yesterday, with wichita public radio, pompeo said, we have eliminated over 90% of the actual real estate the caliphate held. successful effort there. we'll continue to keep the homeland safe from the threat from isis, but it no longer makes sense for there to be 2,000 soldiers stationed there. we can accomplish this mission in a different way, and the president's made a...
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mike pompeo, current secretary of state is doing a great job i'm proud of him. his predecessor rex tillerson didn't have the mental capacity needed. he was dumb as a rock and i couldn't get rid of him fast enough. he was lazy as hell. that's his quote. now it is a whole new ball game. great spirit at state. just remarkable. >> this is crazy. not to haul any water for rex tillerson but rex tillerson was the longtime ceo was spent for a long time the world's bigds most the lucrative public company, exxon mobil. you don't get there by being dumb as a rock or lazy. >> and remember, ali, when rex tillerson was here there were all of these discussions behind the scenes about the tensions between tillerson and president trump. and the name calling back then. remember, nbc news reported that rex tillerson called president trump a m pochlt ron he had to brief him on so many policy matters. these tensions were simering while tillerson was here and exploded after he left. and then again this tweet, remarkable he would speak about his former secretary of state in this way.
mike pompeo, current secretary of state is doing a great job i'm proud of him. his predecessor rex tillerson didn't have the mental capacity needed. he was dumb as a rock and i couldn't get rid of him fast enough. he was lazy as hell. that's his quote. now it is a whole new ball game. great spirit at state. just remarkable. >> this is crazy. not to haul any water for rex tillerson but rex tillerson was the longtime ceo was spent for a long time the world's bigds most the lucrative public...
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forced to allow her to testify, even though she did not join the briefing last week with secretaries pompeo and mattis because some key senators demanded they hear from her before they vote for what could be a very important procedural consideration on the future of u.s. financing and political support for that saudi-led campaign. larger than that is the question that garrett put his finger on there, which is a growing sense of unease among many important senators the white house will need to rely on going ahead, that mbs is a guy they can and want to put u.s. trust in this very important strategic relationship going forward. they see him as someone who's unstable, untrustworthy, and they don't want to have to deal with it. >> but is it still possible, anne, that the white house essentially gets his way here? even though key senators find, especially coming out of that briefing a few hours ago, they're even more convinced about who killed jamal khashoggi, who ordered the killing of jamal khashoggi, that nothing changes? >> yeah, the white house is already getting its way in that the preside
forced to allow her to testify, even though she did not join the briefing last week with secretaries pompeo and mattis because some key senators demanded they hear from her before they vote for what could be a very important procedural consideration on the future of u.s. financing and political support for that saudi-led campaign. larger than that is the question that garrett put his finger on there, which is a growing sense of unease among many important senators the white house will need to...
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. >> mike pompeo is backing up the president, why? >> who knows. >> mattis, the secretary of defense is backing -- they're all together on this. >> no, they're not. chris, they're not. why is it that our classified briefing for all members of the house next week includes secretary of state pompeo, secretary of defense jim mattis but not the director of the cia gina haspel? why is that? >> because she knows the truth. >> all right. there you go. >> thank you. congressman denny heck of washington state. >>> up next, the passing of president george h.w. bush puts the current occupant of the white house in stark contrast, don't you think. as the former president was being laid to rest today, president trump was tweeting about his own popularity. how do we make sense of this massive shift in the makeup and the priorities of the republican party, don't you think? you're watching "hardball." rson that loves to tailgate? (click, beeps) ( ♪ ) how about a new tailgate? ring in the holidays with great deals across the buick lineup. use your av
. >> mike pompeo is backing up the president, why? >> who knows. >> mattis, the secretary of defense is backing -- they're all together on this. >> no, they're not. chris, they're not. why is it that our classified briefing for all members of the house next week includes secretary of state pompeo, secretary of defense jim mattis but not the director of the cia gina haspel? why is that? >> because she knows the truth. >> all right. there you go. >> thank...
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brett mcgurk submitted hesitate resignation letter to mike pompeo on saturday. hesitate decision comes less than two weeks after he defended u.s. troops on the ground in the region. >> we have obviously learned a lot of lessons in the past. we know that once the physical space is defeated we can't just pick up and leave. areas we have cleared of isis, they have not returned to actually seize physical space. there's clandestine space. nobody is saying they're going to disappear. nobody's that naive. so we want to stay on the ground and make sure that stability can be maintained in these areas. >> we're talking about years? >> i'm not going to put a timeline on it at all. >> mcgurk joins defense secretary james mattis, who also resigned in protest this week. he was originally planning on leaving early next spring but sped up his departure to the end of this year following the president's decision. and today we're learning more about that phone call between president trump and turkish president erdogan. a senior white house official tells nbc news that in a phone c
brett mcgurk submitted hesitate resignation letter to mike pompeo on saturday. hesitate decision comes less than two weeks after he defended u.s. troops on the ground in the region. >> we have obviously learned a lot of lessons in the past. we know that once the physical space is defeated we can't just pick up and leave. areas we have cleared of isis, they have not returned to actually seize physical space. there's clandestine space. nobody is saying they're going to disappear. nobody's...
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he had mike pompeo, the secretary of state, place the phone call. >> we know this is a president who for all of his "you're fired" catch phrases does not like to fire people in person. we've seen it again and again. >> that is not something new. what is few is perhaps the amount of attention this is getting compared to perhaps some of the past ones because mattis was someone that trump really did praise and really did believe could carry out his ideas for what he wanted to see happen in the middle east. now we know that mattis says he cannot. i think the question many people have is will his replacement be able to do what trump wants to do or will he also respond the same way. >> particularly given it is a time when the president is not just planning to pull troops out of syria but talking about the withdrawal of troops from afghanistan as well. >> right. certainly the deputy secretary, mr. shanahan, is perfectly capable. what he doesn't have is this personal legitimacy, this ambiance -- actually, his own connection to the public. mattis in his own way has his own constituency, certa
he had mike pompeo, the secretary of state, place the phone call. >> we know this is a president who for all of his "you're fired" catch phrases does not like to fire people in person. we've seen it again and again. >> that is not something new. what is few is perhaps the amount of attention this is getting compared to perhaps some of the past ones because mattis was someone that trump really did praise and really did believe could carry out his ideas for what he wanted to...
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>> should pompeo continue at state. should mattis continue at the dod if this president will send 6,000 troops to the border to fight an imaginary enemy and take out 2,000 troops that are holding iran, syria, isis and russia in check. >> yeah. i mean that's a tough one to answer. i would be concerned especially if i'm sitting in the administration and i wasn't asked about it or my opinion was disregarded or i see a repeat of what we were so argumentative. >> congressman, this is willie geist. i want to read you a quote that came across from vladimir putin at a press conference. he was asked about this decision by the president of the united states. first asked about the president's declaration that isis has been defeated. president putin said quote donald is right and i agree with him. then asked about the pledge to withdraw u.s. troops from syria. he said it's the right thing to do. what is your reaction to putin's reaction to donald trump? >> it's amazing. next you know, we may as well as pull out of ukraine and call
>> should pompeo continue at state. should mattis continue at the dod if this president will send 6,000 troops to the border to fight an imaginary enemy and take out 2,000 troops that are holding iran, syria, isis and russia in check. >> yeah. i mean that's a tough one to answer. i would be concerned especially if i'm sitting in the administration and i wasn't asked about it or my opinion was disregarded or i see a repeat of what we were so argumentative. >> congressman, this...
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mike pompeo essentially was a yes man to trump. >> who is left? who is left? to pull donald trump back from his worst impulses? >> i thought about that, i would like to say someone is left. but i don't think there is. at this point. that is why, it will be important to see who ultimate lie becomes the next secretary of defense. that is probably at this point, the most important role in government. it commands one of the largest budgets in the world, and responsible for the lives, and safety and policy of our armed forces. at this point, i truly don't see anybody in this cabinet who has what mattis had. the authority accepted on both sides of the aisle. he won some. lost some. it would be fair to say, no matter how strong they may be, wonder if donald trump will listen to them? >> this. will they stop with just words? >> the resisination of mattis has the man seen as the last guard rail of the president is out, republicans seem worried. the normally reserved mitch mcconnell is particularly distressed that mattis is resigning sdu to sharp differences with the pr
mike pompeo essentially was a yes man to trump. >> who is left? who is left? to pull donald trump back from his worst impulses? >> i thought about that, i would like to say someone is left. but i don't think there is. at this point. that is why, it will be important to see who ultimate lie becomes the next secretary of defense. that is probably at this point, the most important role in government. it commands one of the largest budgets in the world, and responsible for the lives,...
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that's mike pompeo, i believe, secretary of state there on the left. >> what a scene, three democratic presidents, one republican, current president eyes fixed forward on the aisle. >> the first time i believe this group has all, as nancy gibb said, sat together in a pew. >> various sources tell us there's been no communication between the current and former presidents. president trump has not spoken with either former president bill clinton or the former secretary of state hillary clinton since the inauguration. he's not spoken to president obama since the transfer of power famously remembered during the pipe bomb incidents he was asked on the south lawn if he was going to reach out to either of his predecessors. president trump said if they wanted me to, but i think we'll probably pass. the tension is palpable even though we're gathered at a sad event. >> yeah, and look, it's not to be papered over because it's there, and it's real, and it's there for a reason on both sides, but i think if you look at that picture, the reason that picture exists is because of melania trump's receptio
that's mike pompeo, i believe, secretary of state there on the left. >> what a scene, three democratic presidents, one republican, current president eyes fixed forward on the aisle. >> the first time i believe this group has all, as nancy gibb said, sat together in a pew. >> various sources tell us there's been no communication between the current and former presidents. president trump has not spoken with either former president bill clinton or the former secretary of state...
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according to two state department officials, we are learning that mcgurk informed secretary of state mike pompeo of his decision friday evening. now brett mcgurk was already planning to leave his position early next year but will now depart at the end of this month, just 11 days ago with a warning -- >> nobody working on these issues day to day is complacent. nobody is declaring a mission accomplishment. defeating a fiscal caliphate is a long-term campaign. >> that's another departure after the departure of james mattis. the president is standing by his decision tweeting this morning "when i became president, isis was going wild and now isis is largely defeated and other local countries, including turkey, should be able to take care of whatever remains. we're coming home. >> joining us michael mcfaul, ambassador to russia. ambassador, with brett mcgurk, and we're just learning today of his resignation that he evidently turned in friday night, what is the impact here? he was, in effect, the head prn -- person in battling isis. >> the effect is bad. the effect is bad for american national security
according to two state department officials, we are learning that mcgurk informed secretary of state mike pompeo of his decision friday evening. now brett mcgurk was already planning to leave his position early next year but will now depart at the end of this month, just 11 days ago with a warning -- >> nobody working on these issues day to day is complacent. nobody is declaring a mission accomplishment. defeating a fiscal caliphate is a long-term campaign. >> that's another...
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you have absolutely seen how secretary pompeo making excuses, in fact, for the khashoggi murder as he came out of that briefing that was not attended significantly by anyone from the intelligence community of 100 senators last week. these are remarkable moments in the last couple of days and weeks and right now secretary pompeo has just taken off for a nato meeting in brussels which will be abbreviated because he's coming back for the funeral services for president bush, but he is going to be in brussels and we understand he's also going to be meeting with netanyahu tonight in brussels. there's going to be a lot of conversation, but i can't imagine pompeo coming into these nato meetings with clean hands on the saudi issue. >> andrea mitchell, thank you very much for being on on this important morning. >>> coming up, last week we saw paul manafort's plea deal fall apart and michael cohen pleading guilty to lying to congress. this week there could be even more in store for robert mueller's russia probe. that discussion and the latest news next on "morning joe." don't you get the best pr
you have absolutely seen how secretary pompeo making excuses, in fact, for the khashoggi murder as he came out of that briefing that was not attended significantly by anyone from the intelligence community of 100 senators last week. these are remarkable moments in the last couple of days and weeks and right now secretary pompeo has just taken off for a nato meeting in brussels which will be abbreviated because he's coming back for the funeral services for president bush, but he is going to be...
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cabinet was there, dick cheney, colin powell, and then you look forward to the cabinet today, mike pompeo served under him as commander in chief. defense secretary mattis was under him in the gulf war. john bolton was an assistant attorney general at the department of justice. bushies are everywhere. john roberts was his deputy solicitor attorney general, for goodness sake. >> yeah. michael, you brought up another point, the president's service. it's interesting, when he was president, it was something i believe four of the last five presidents had all served. now four of the last five presidents have not served, reagan, clinton, w., obama, now this one. five of the last six. it is interesting, we were in this sort of -- we do this historically. we go to -- and i imagine that in 20 years, we may have four or five straight presidents that have military service, but it is -- there is something about that too that we're passing. this is basically the only living president with military service is jimmy carter. >> that's right. i think you can generalize about presidents that have had militar
cabinet was there, dick cheney, colin powell, and then you look forward to the cabinet today, mike pompeo served under him as commander in chief. defense secretary mattis was under him in the gulf war. john bolton was an assistant attorney general at the department of justice. bushies are everywhere. john roberts was his deputy solicitor attorney general, for goodness sake. >> yeah. michael, you brought up another point, the president's service. it's interesting, when he was president, it...
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he ordered secretary of state mike pompeo to inform mattis he had only a week left on the job. i want to go to jeff bennett live at the white house. the tone that came out of the president, sarah huckabee sanders with gratitude and a lot of praise. different tune and att t
he ordered secretary of state mike pompeo to inform mattis he had only a week left on the job. i want to go to jeff bennett live at the white house. the tone that came out of the president, sarah huckabee sanders with gratitude and a lot of praise. different tune and att t
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secretary mattis, pompeo, bolton and by various foreigners. that was a kind of crazy he got in his head, a kind of and he w counselled to not make such a statement. the senate took note. if you recall, and i'm almost done. there's a piece of legislation pending on both sides of the hill, house and senate, that says the president cannot unilaterally withdraw from nato. >> you can go on as long as you want as long as you have interesting and insightful details like that. here's what we have for the number of times secretary mattis has disagreed with the president. there's the syrian withdrawal, afghanistan, russia and putin. military exercises with south korea. remember the president didn't want to do those any longer. this space force. the transgender ban that the president tweeted out of nowhere. troops on the border. a military parade and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, what happened with that. that's a lot of things. we were talking about how much influence mattis had with this president because there was all this turmoil. he call
secretary mattis, pompeo, bolton and by various foreigners. that was a kind of crazy he got in his head, a kind of and he w counselled to not make such a statement. the senate took note. if you recall, and i'm almost done. there's a piece of legislation pending on both sides of the hill, house and senate, that says the president cannot unilaterally withdraw from nato. >> you can go on as long as you want as long as you have interesting and insightful details like that. here's what we have...
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sarah huckabee sanders told reporters that secretary of state mike pompeo is scheduled to meet with the prime minister in baghdad on january 11th. >> president trump described some of the measures that he had to take to arrange the trip as well as some of the securities concerns. >> what about the timing of this trip during the government shutdown back in washington? >> about three or four weeks ago we set this up. we actually had a couple of them set up and we cancelled for security reasons because people were finding out. pretty sad when you spend $7 trillion in the middle east and going in has to be under this massive cover with planes all over and all of the greatest equipment in the world and you do everything you can to get in safely. pretty sad. you spend $7 trillion and you have to come in through military excou escorts and all of the other incredible things they did. incredible. >> did you have any concerns about coming here today? >> absolutely. when i heard what you had to go through. look, i had concerns for the institution of the presidency, not for myself personally. i had
sarah huckabee sanders told reporters that secretary of state mike pompeo is scheduled to meet with the prime minister in baghdad on january 11th. >> president trump described some of the measures that he had to take to arrange the trip as well as some of the securities concerns. >> what about the timing of this trip during the government shutdown back in washington? >> about three or four weeks ago we set this up. we actually had a couple of them set up and we cancelled for...
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mike pompeo in contrast is somebody who is essentially a yes man to trump. and we all worry about what will happen in that context. >> who is left, who is going to push back and pull donald trump back from his worst impulses? >> you know, katie, i've thought about that. would like to say that someone is left but i don't think there is at this point. that's why it will be very important to see who ultimately becomes next secretary of defense. that is probably at this point the most important role in government other than the president, commands one of the largest budgets in the world and is responsible for lives and safety and policies of our armed forces. so at this point i truly don't see anyone in this cabinet who is -- who has what mattis had, which is the authority that was accepted on both sides of the aisle to speak truth to power. he won some and lost some but he could speak in that way both to the president, to the republicans, to the democrats and to our foreign partners. i don't see anyone else in this lineup who can do that with the same authority
mike pompeo in contrast is somebody who is essentially a yes man to trump. and we all worry about what will happen in that context. >> who is left, who is going to push back and pull donald trump back from his worst impulses? >> you know, katie, i've thought about that. would like to say that someone is left but i don't think there is at this point. that's why it will be very important to see who ultimately becomes next secretary of defense. that is probably at this point the most...
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team five member of a video he tweeted and a trip where his press secretary revealed the date of mike pompeo's previously unannounced trip to baghdad next month. with me is national security spokesperson and he was a special assistant to president obama. he's now an msnbc national security analyst. the panel is also back. ned, why is it so unusual for the president to do all the things he did yesterday? he tweeted a video of the seal team. the press secretary saying when the secretary of state will visit a war zone. i don't know. talking about military pay raises that don't exist, et cetera. >> i guess i would have to put this in the category of things that over the longer course of history should be shocking but with this president are not surprising. to talk about what should be shocking, there used to be this very bright line between the president of the united states and getting involved in partisan matters especially when it pertains to our national security. every president of the united states is a political animal. that's why he has been able to ascends to the highest office of the lan
team five member of a video he tweeted and a trip where his press secretary revealed the date of mike pompeo's previously unannounced trip to baghdad next month. with me is national security spokesperson and he was a special assistant to president obama. he's now an msnbc national security analyst. the panel is also back. ned, why is it so unusual for the president to do all the things he did yesterday? he tweeted a video of the seal team. the press secretary saying when the secretary of state...
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he called pompeo. it's all about flynn. flynn knows something that he is protecting the president on and the president hopes he hasn't given it up and the rest of us hope he has. >> i want to get back to peter on this. what would the what be? he's talking to him about all of the strategic plans they have. if there was a big grand scheme, grand deal involving putin, he would know all about it. he would know why he was talking to kisylak. he would know all the picture, he would know it. is that what they're trying to get from this guy, what trump was up to overall? >> yeah. he was not just his national security advisor, he was basically his national security advisor on the campaign there. he was there through the entire 2016 push of the campaign when robert mueller was very interested in knowing what was taking place about any meetings that might or might not have taken place. in those early days there was discussion in that white house about whether or not to pull back on some of the sanctions that had been applied to russia
he called pompeo. it's all about flynn. flynn knows something that he is protecting the president on and the president hopes he hasn't given it up and the rest of us hope he has. >> i want to get back to peter on this. what would the what be? he's talking to him about all of the strategic plans they have. if there was a big grand scheme, grand deal involving putin, he would know all about it. he would know why he was talking to kisylak. he would know all the picture, he would know it. is...
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>> because i think the people who most advise aren't secretary matt is or secretary pompeo. it's vladimir putin, it's rec i erdogan. and those who tell me trump has never been -- he just handed the greatest gift to iran. they will now dominate all the way to the becca valley and israel's northern borders. those who say what a terrific friend of israel trump has been, he has just handed a gift to israel's enemy, to the enemies of every single american ally in the united states. it's an inexplicable decision, unless you believe that someone is handing trump his marching orders when it comes to the middle east. >> let me just make a note, i invite jared kushner, who of course is in charge of middle east peace in this administration to come on this show any day and explain this one to us. eddie, what is your take a this? there's lots of people not focused on syria or the middle east, but they're saying it's not the united states' job to police the world. >> i think there would be some who will support him in this instant as well. they will be concerned about america appearing we
>> because i think the people who most advise aren't secretary matt is or secretary pompeo. it's vladimir putin, it's rec i erdogan. and those who tell me trump has never been -- he just handed the greatest gift to iran. they will now dominate all the way to the becca valley and israel's northern borders. those who say what a terrific friend of israel trump has been, he has just handed a gift to israel's enemy, to the enemies of every single american ally in the united states. it's an...
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of course the state department, mike pompeo denies that and says this was all about russia -- let me ask you about exchanges that happened at that level. they can be awkward. there is one exchange that happened this summit that caught the attention of the world. it is this video we're playing of the saudi crown prince mohammad bin salman essentially being greeted by the russian president vladimir putin. what message does that convey on the world stage given the history of these two and given the spotlight that has been on the crown prince? >> well, certainly from the crown prince's point of view, he's trying to show that he's been normalized around the world and it's very helpful for him. i think in putin a case, it's just a case of somebody saying i can do what i want and i don't care about what you think i'm doing. this issue with the saudi system going to be a big problem going down the road. it's a problem for everybody. the saudis are not going to turn to the russians. i think that's more theater. the question is how are we going to manage this? because what we've got right now
of course the state department, mike pompeo denies that and says this was all about russia -- let me ask you about exchanges that happened at that level. they can be awkward. there is one exchange that happened this summit that caught the attention of the world. it is this video we're playing of the saudi crown prince mohammad bin salman essentially being greeted by the russian president vladimir putin. what message does that convey on the world stage given the history of these two and given...